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4:50 AM ET, February 15, 2008

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TMZ.com:
Bai Ling's Sultry Mugshot  —  Take a look at Bai Ling's booking photo — pretty lady!  —  The wacktress was busted by LAX Airport police yesterday after allegedly stealing two magazines and a pack of batteries from a gift shop.
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TMZ.com:
Bai Ling to Sing Sing?  Wacktress Arrested at LAX  —  TMZ has learned that our favorite chicken dancer was arrested at LAX yesterday for allegedly shoplifting two celeb magazines and a pack of batteries from one of the terminal stores!  She keeps going and going and going ...
Associated Press:   Actress Bai Ling accused of shoplifting
Henry Seltzer / Us Weekly:
Jamie Spears' Conservatorship Over Britney Extended Until March 10  —  Britney Spears' father Jamie was granted an extension of his conservatorship over her until March 10, the LA Superior Court decided today.  —  At the hearing it was also reported that Jamie's attorneys have not been able …
Discussion: CelebWarship
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Star:
Star Exclusive: Nelly Furtado's Pregnant!  —  Star can exclusively reveal that Nelly Furtado, 29, is expecting a second child with her sound engineer fiancé Demacio Castellon.  “She's not very far along yet, so she's trying to keep the pregnancy under wraps,” one source tells Star.
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National Enquirer:
UPDATE: O.J.'S GIRLFRIEND'S INJURIES CONSISTENT WITH ASSAULT, NOT FALL  —  O.J. Simpson's long-time girlfriend has severe injuries that are consistent with an assault, rather than simply a fall, The NATIONAL ENQUIRER has learned exclusively.  —  Christie Prody, 32, remains hospitalized …
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Marv / Bossip:
Random Ridiculousness  —  In case you were wondering who the chick is in Kanye West's new “Flashing Lights” video bashing him with the shovel, here she is, Rita G. Rita is so popular that she sells used thongs on the internet: … That's hilarious.  —  Click here to check out Rita in Kanye's …
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Michael K / Dlisted:
Dirty Panties  —  Rita G is a model and she's featured in Kanye West's new video for “Flashing Lights.”  You know the video where he gets beaten to death with a shovel in a car trunk.  Well, this is the chick that did it and she's cashing in on her new found fame by selling her dirty panties …
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Miley Cyrus, Nicole Kidman Among Oscar Presenters  —  The all-star roster is announced and includes Patrick Dempsey and Katherine Heigl  —  Last year's Academy Award acting winners Helen Mirren, Forest Whitaker, Jennifer Hudson and Alan Arkin will be put to work this Feb. 24 Oscar night - as presenters.
Discussion: POPSUGAR and THINK2WICE.ORG
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X17 Online:
File This One Under “Huh?”
Discussion: oscars.org
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Miley Cyrus to Present at Oscars
Discussion: That Other Blog
Tiffany McGee / People.com:
Beyoncé's Father Fires Back at Aretha  —  The queen is getting stung back.  —  Beyoncé's father/manager, Mathew Knowles, has now lashed out against Aretha Franklin in defense of his daughter over a remark she made at the Grammys.  —  “Something this ridiculous - it's childish …
Daily Mail:
As she unveils her new baby son, Christina Aguilera reveals she was ‘too petrified to push’  —  New mother Christina Aguilera has proudly showed off her one-month-old son Max for the first time.  —  The singer, who says she's “head-over-heels in love” with the baby, posed with the newborn for the cover of Hello! magazine.
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Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
How the Stars Are Spending Valentine's Day  —  Happy Valentine's Day!  —  Usmagazine.com asked your favorite stars how they're spending their big day (see below).  —  And click here to look at some unlikely former flings.  —  Heidi Montag: “We don't have any plans.  It'll be a surprise!”
Discussion: goldenfiddle
Access Hollywood:
Access Exclusive: Lane Garrison's Letter From Prison  —  Access Hollywood has received a letter from jailed former “Prison Break” star Lane Garrison.  —  The actor was sentenced to three years and four months in October for a drunk driving crash that killed a teenager in December 2006.
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Jay Bird / Cele|bitchy:
Lane Garrison watches Prison Break in prison
Discussion: Us Weekly and I'm Not Obsessed
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Jane Fonda Shocks Today Show with ‘C-Word’  —  Jane Fonda may be 70, but she's not too old to have her mouth washed out with soap.  —  No stranger to controversy, the actress used a vulgar word to describe a body part on Thursday morning's Today show - which later prompted a statement …
cityrag:
Celebrity Plastic Surgery & Madamism  —  Madamism is on the rise in Hollywood!  A growing gallery of celebrities showing the mutation caused by too much plastic surgery we call Madamism, over-pronounced cheekbones, jutting chin, hinged jaw...  Click images above or below to see more...
Discussion: Webster's Is My Bitch
Lauren Williams / Stereohyped:
Discussion: MollyGood
 
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POPSUGAR:
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Michael K / Dlisted:
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Kate Stroup / People.com:
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Henry Seltzer / Us Weekly:
Jennifer Aniston to Face Angelina Jolie at Oscars
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Gannett fires an experienced editor overseeing 26 community newspapers for “sharing proprietary information” with a “competing media company”, which was Poynter

Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
WBD reports a $86M profit in Q1 for its DTC unit, which includes streaming, up from $50M in Q1 2023, and 99.6M streaming subscribers, up from 97.7M in Q4 2023

Sara Fischer / Axios:
Vice Media plans to create a joint venture with Savage Ventures, which will invest “tens of millions of dollars”, to relaunch its sites, including Vice.com

 
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